{"id":3052,"date":"2020-05-08T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:08:20","slug":"county-supervisor-jim-desmond-releases-gut-wrenching-video-about-the-financial-toll-of-the-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3052","title":{"rendered":"County Supervisor Jim Desmond Releases Gut-Wrenching Video About the Financial Toll of the Lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a bold new video posted by County Supervisor Jim Desmond, we learn the true toll that the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders are taking on San Diegans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It begins by reminding viewers that this is not a partisan issue\u2014everyone is affected by these orders in one way or another.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then learn that 25 percent of San Diegans have filed for unemployment in the past month. Hundreds of thousands of people in San Diego are struggling because of Governor Newsom\u2019s restrictive policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Desmond provides a few examples of the devastation and suffering being endured by local businesses and families.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. and Mrs. McNeily, owners of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts &amp; More, had to lay off their entire staff, including their son.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunrise Cafe, a staple in Vista for over 27 years, will be closing permanently due to the economic effects of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desmond says that he\u2019s &#8220;heard from San Diegans that are struggling to simply survive and will never financially recover.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The time to end the restrictive and stifling stay-at-home order is now. Too many people are having their financial world turned upside down, and it doesn\u2019t need to be this way. Reopening the economy strategically will allow people to get back to work and restore their livelihood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video concludes with a clear and bold message:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It is time. Let\u2019s reduce our unemployment rate and get San Diegans back to work!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Supervisor Desmond&#8217;s entire &#8220;This is about People&#8221; video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This About People\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2M0TIlRNkAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba In a bold new video posted by County Supervisor Jim Desmond, we learn the true toll that the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders are taking on San Diegans. It begins by reminding viewers that this is not a partisan issue\u2014everyone is affected by these orders in one way or another.\u00a0We then learn that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>County Supervisor Jim Desmond Releases Gut-Wrenching Video About the Financial Toll of the Lockdowns - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3052\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"County Supervisor Jim Desmond Releases Gut-Wrenching Video About the Financial Toll of the Lockdowns - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Michael Palomba In a bold new video posted by County Supervisor Jim Desmond, we learn the true toll that the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders are taking on San Diegans. 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